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@@ -53,40 +53,7 @@ Installation
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If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
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sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management /
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-ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras). The rest of this section describes
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-how to install this driver when downloaded from the web site.
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-First, you need to get a kernel with ACPI support up and running.
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-Please refer to http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ for help with this
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-step. How successful you will be depends a lot on you ThinkPad model,
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-the kernel you are using and any additional patches applied. The
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-kernel provided with your distribution may not be good enough. I
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-needed to compile a 2.6.7 kernel with the 20040715 ACPI patch to get
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-ACPI working reliably on my ThinkPad X40. Old ThinkPad models may not
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-be supported at all.
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-
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-Assuming you have the basic ACPI support working (e.g. you can see the
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-/proc/acpi directory), follow the following steps to install this
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-driver:
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-
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- - unpack the archive:
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- tar xzvf ibm-acpi-x.y.tar.gz; cd ibm-acpi-x.y
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- - compile the driver:
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- make
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-
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- - install the module in your kernel modules directory:
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-
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- make install
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- - load the module:
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- modprobe ibm_acpi
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-After loading the module, check the "dmesg" output for any error messages.
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+ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras).
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Features
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